Grip of Golf Club

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides an innovated grip partly covered with cotton yarn of golf club typically comprised of a terminal cap and a sleeve, wherein said sleeve is covered with cotton yarn over more than a half at the surface. After employing this structure, the friction of the hands and the grip is increased further efficiently to reduce the rate of sliding off club from the hands, meanwhile to avoid the thumbs rubbing harmfully as striking, further to improving the comfortableness of use.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a grip of golf club, and moreparticularly to an innovated grip covered with cotton yarn partly ofgolf club.

2. Description of Prior Art

In accordance with the conventional grips of golf club, for increasingthe friction between the grip and the hands reducing the slide-offhappening from the hands as striking, so many designs has came out. Justlike USA Patent No.: U.S. Pat. No. 6,666,777B1 discovered a grip coveredwith cotton yarn partly of golf club, in which just ½ outside surface ofthe grip is covered with cotton yarn so that there are four fingers andpalm have not contacted with the cotton-yarn covering surface of thegrip as holding, causing slide-off hands happening sometimes yet, so theuse effect is not good as desired. After that, the inventor hadinnovated that to discover a grip of golf club, referring to CN1644233A,in which the whole surface of the club grip is covered with cotton yarnso that the all fingers and palms can touch with cotton yarn as holdingfor increasing the friction of the grip and the hands efficientlyavoiding the golf club sliding out from the hands as striking, but,because all surface of the grip of golf club is covered with cottonyarn, the thumbs can not avoid touching with the cotton yarn as holding,so the rough fiber of the cotton yarn will be apt to rub against themharmfully, further to affect the comfortableness of use.

For this sake, the inventor decided to improve the grip of the golf clubfurther in increasing friction, reducing the rate of slide-offphenomenon, avoiding rubbing against fingers and increasingcomfortableness of use.

OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore a main object of the present invention to provide a gripcovered with cotton yarn partly of golf club improved in increasingfriction, reducing the rate of slide-off phenomenon, avoiding rubbingagainst fingers and increasing comfortableness of use.

For achieving this object, a grip of golf club provided by the presentinvention is typically comprised of a terminal cap and a sleeve, inwhich said sleeve is covered with cotton yarn over more than a half atthe surface.

Said sleeve is covered with cotton yarn over on ⅔ to ⅚ of the outsidesurface of the whole trunk.

Said sleeve is covered with cotton yarn over ¾ of the outside surface ofthe whole trunk.

The bottom end of portion covered with cotton yarn is formed withchamfering.

An upper segment covered with cotton yarn is formed on the sleevesymmetrically taking the median line as the diad.

An upper segment covered with cotton yarn is formed on the sleeveasymmetrically taking the median line as the border.

The low segment of said sleeve has decorating segments formed below thelow portion.

Said grip is typically comprised of a terminal cap, a ½ upper segmentcovered with cotton yarn, one or two little supplementary upper segmentscovered with cotton yarn, a little supplementary upper segment havingnot cotton yarn covering, and two low segments having not cotton yarncovering.

Wherein said little supplementary upper segment not covered with cottonyarn is integrated into said low segment to form one segment cut out.

Said grip is typically comprised of a terminal cap, a ½ upper segmentcovered with cotton yarn, one or two little supplementary upper segmentscovered with cotton yarn, a little supplementary upper segment havingnot cotton yarn covering, and two low segments having not cotton yarncovering, and two decorating segments.

As utilizing above-mentioned structure, because the cotton yarn coversover more than ½ portion of the sleeve by the upper segment, such as ⅔to ⅚ outside surface covered with cotton yarn, so that the whole palmand four fingers can contact with the cotton yarn as holding the grip ofthe golf club, comparing to U.S. Pat. No. 6,666,777B1, the friction ofthe hands and the grip is increased further efficiently to prevent theclub from sliding out from the hands, meanwhile the present inventionremains a part less than ½ of the grip not covered with cotton yarn,comparing to CN1644233A, the thumbs can not touch with the cotton yarnas holding, so as to avoid the thumbs rubbing harmfully as striking,further to improving the comfortableness of use.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded view showing the first embodiment in manufacturingof the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the finished goods of the firstembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another side of the finished goodsof the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an exploded view showing the second embodiment inmanufacturing of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an exploded view showing the third embodiment in manufacturingof the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the finished goods of the thirdembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing another side of the finished goodsof the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an exploded view showing the fourth embodiment inmanufacturing of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the finished goods of the fourthembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing another side of the finished goodsof the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an exploded view showing the fifth embodiment inmanufacturing of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an exploded view showing the sixth embodiment inmanufacturing of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing the finished goods of the sixthembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing another side of the finished goodsof the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the first embodiment provided by thepresent invention is shown, which is typically comprised of a terminalcap 1, and a sleeve 2, in which said sleeve is covered with cotton yarnD over more than ½ outside surface. Wherein, the surface of the gripcovered with cotton yarn is more than ⅔ to ⅚, in this embodiment itpreferred ¾. In this way, the whole palm and four fingers can contactwith the cotton yarn as holding the grip of the golf club, comparing toU.S. Pat. No. 6,666,777B1, the friction of the hands and the grip isincreased further efficiently to prevent the club from sliding out fromthe hands, meanwhile the present invention remains a part less than ½ ofthe grip not covered with cotton yarn, comparing to CN1644233A, thethumbs can not touch with the cotton yarn as holding, so as to avoid thethumbs rubbing harmfully as striking, further to improving thecomfortableness of use.

The manufacturing process is shown in FIG. 1, in this embodiment thecotton-yam D portion is formed on the sleeve 2 symmetrically taking themedian line as the diad to form an upper segment for meeting therequirement of left-handed player or right-handed player. Said grip iscomprised of a terminal cap 1, a ½ upper segment 2 covered with cottonyarn D, two little supplementary upper segments 3 covered with cottonyarn D, a long segment 4 having not cotton yarn D covering, and a lowsegment 5 having not cotton yarn D covering, and two decorating segment6, total is eight rubber segments are treated in heat-vulcanizationprocess to mold on the trunk of the sleeve 2 by die B and mold core C.wherein, the portions covered with cotton yarn D can be in one color,and the decorating portions also can be in another color, the restportions having not covered with cotton yarn D is in other color, sothat the whole grip is decorated colorful and good look, each rubbersegment also can be selected in different hardness, for example theupper segment can be made of hard rubber so that the main trunk of thegrip is tough to generate better striking effect, and the low segmentscan be made of soft rubber so as to improve the holding comfortableness.

The second embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 4, inwhich the difference from the first embodiment is that said long segment4 having not covered with cotton yarn D is divided into a littlesupplementary upper segment 41 having not cotton yarn covering, and alow segment 42 having not cotton yarn covering (facilitating toselecting the different hardness rubber in each), so the grip istypically comprised of a terminal cap 1, a ½ upper segment 2 coveredwith cotton yarn D, two little supplementary upper segments 3 coveredwith cotton yarn D, a little supplementary upper segment 41 having notcotton yarn D covering, and a low segment 42 having not cotton yarn Dcovering, a low segment 5 having not cotton yarn D covering and twodecorating segments 6, total is nine rubber segments are treated inheat-vulcanization process to mold on the trunk of the sleeve 2 by die Band mold core C. in this embodiment, the same with the first embodimentis that said each little supplementary upper segment 3 covered withcotton yarn D has a filleted corner A formed at low end, and anotherfilleted corner A1 formed on upper end.

Referring to FIG. 5 to FIG. 7, the third embodiment of the presentinvention is shown, in which the grip is comprised of a terminal cap 1,a ½ upper segment 2 covered with cotton yarn D, two little supplementaryupper segments 3 covered with cotton yarn D, a long segment 43 havingnot cotton yarn D covering, and a low segment 51 having not cotton yarnD covering, total is six rubber segments are treated inheat-vulcanization process to mold on the trunk of the sleeve 2 by die Band mold core C. The difference from the first embodiment is that thetwo decorating segments below to the bottom side of said low segment aresaved, but the same as the first embodiment is that said each littlesupplementary upper segment 3 covered with cotton yarn D has a filletedcorner A formed at low end, and another filleted corner A1 formed onupper end for meeting the requirement of the left-handed or right-handedplayer as same as in the first and second embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 8 to FIG. 10, the fourth embodiment of the presentinvention is shown, in which the difference from the first embodiment isthat said upper segment 2 covered with cotton yarn D is formed on thesleeve asymmetrically taking the median line as the border for onlymeeting the requirement of either the left-handed player or theright-handed player, so the grip is typically comprised of a terminalcap 1, a ½ upper segment 2 covered with cotton yarn D, a littlesupplementary upper segment 31 covered with cotton yarn D, a longsegment 44 having not cotton yarn D covering, a low segment 50 havingnot cotton yarn D covering and two decorating segments 6, total is sevenrubber segments are treated in heat-vulcanization process to mold on thetrunk of the sleeve 2 by die B and mold core C. in this embodiment, theexternal look is shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, said each littlesupplementary upper segment 3 covered with cotton yarn D has a filletedcorner A formed at low end, and another filleted corner A1 formed onupper end, below the low segment there are two decorating segments 6built on.

The fifth embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 11, inwhich the difference from the fourth embodiment is that said longsegment 44 having not covered with cotton yarn D is divided into alittle supplementary upper segment 45 having not cotton yarn D covering,and a low segment 46 having not cotton yarn D covering (facilitating toselecting the different hardness rubber in each), so the grip istypically comprised of a terminal cap 1, a ½ upper segment 2 coveredwith cotton yarn D, a little supplementary upper segment 31 covered withcotton yarn D, a little supplementary upper segment 45 having not cottonyarn D covering, and a low segment 46 having not cotton yarn D covering,a low segment 50 having not cotton yarn D covering and two decoratingsegments 6, total is eight rubber segments are treated inheat-vulcanization process to mold on the trunk of the sleeve 2 by die Band mold core C. in this embodiment, the external look is as same as thefourth embodiment, said each little supplementary upper segment 3covered with cotton yarn D has a filleted corner A formed at low end,and another filleted corner A1 formed on upper end.

Referring to FIG. 12 to FIG. 14, the sixth embodiment of the presentinvention is shown, in which the grip is comprised of a terminal cap 1,a ½ upper segment 2 covered with cotton yarn D, a little supplementaryupper segment 3 covered with cotton yarn D, a long segment 47 having notcotton yarn D covering, and a low segment 52 having not cotton yarn Dcovering, total is five rubber segments are treated inheat-vulcanization process to mold on the trunk of the sleeve 2 by die Band mold core C. The difference from the fourth embodiment is that thetwo decorating segments below to the bottom side of said low segment aresaved, but the same as the first embodiment is that said each littlesupplementary upper segment 3 covered with cotton yarn D has a filletedcorner A formed at low end, and another filleted corner A1 formed onupper end for just only meeting the requirement of either theleft-handed or right-handed player as same as in the fifth and thefourth embodiments.

According to the above-described embodiments, the present inventionincreases the area of holding portion covered with cotton yarn D on thesurface of the grip so as to make it over more than a half, and so thatthe whole palm and four fingers can contact with the cotton yarn asholding the grip of the golf club, the friction of the hands and thegrip is increased further efficiently to prevent the club from slidingout from the hands, meanwhile to avoid the thumbs rubbing harmfully asstriking, further to improving the comfortableness of use. On the otherhand, the grip can be manufactured in single color (including theterminal cap and whole sleeve in one color), or bi-color (for examplethe terminal cap and the whole sleeve are in two different colors, orthe portions covered with cotton yarn and the decorating portions is inone color, the portions not covered with cotton yarn is in a differentcolor, and so on), or tri-color (for example the portions covered withcotton yarn, the portions not covered with cotton yarn and thedecorating portions are in three different colors, and so on), whatfigure patter are on the surface of the grip, how to manufacture thegrip, and how hardness of the rubber segments are selected, and so on,will not affect the protection range of the present invention, in thisway, all the variations on these aspects are all in the protection rangeof the present invention.

1. A grip of golf club typically comprised of a terminal cap and asleeve, wherein said sleeve is covered with cotton yarn over more than ahalf at the surface.
 2. A grip of golf club as claimed in claim 1,wherein said sleeve is covered with cotton yarn over on ⅔ to ⅚ of theoutside surface of the whole trunk.
 3. A grip of golf club as claimed inclaim 2, wherein said sleeve is covered with cotton yarn over ¾ of theoutside surface of the whole trunk.
 4. A grip of golf club as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the bottom end of portion covered with cotton yarn isformed with chamfering.
 5. A grip of golf club as claimed in claim 1,wherein an upper segment covered with cotton yarn is formed on thesleeve symmetrically taking the median line as the diad.
 6. A grip ofgolf club as claimed in claim 1, wherein an upper segment covered withcotton yarn is formed on the sleeve asymmetrically taking the medianline as the border.
 7. A grip of golf club as claimed in claim 1,wherein the low segment of said sleeve has decorating segments formedbelow the low portion.
 8. A grip of golf club as claimed in claim 1,wherein said grip is typically comprised of a terminal cap, a ½ uppersegment covered with cotton yarn, one or two little supplementary uppersegments covered with cotton yarn, a little supplementary upper segmenthaving not cotton yarn covering, and two low segments having not cottonyarn covering.
 9. A grip of golf club as claimed in claim 1, whereinsaid grip is typically comprised of a terminal cap, a ½ upper segmentcovered with cotton yarn, one or two little supplementary upper segmentscovered with cotton yarn, a little supplementary upper segment havingnot cotton yarn covering, and two low segments having not cotton yarncovering, and two decorating segments.
 10. A grip of golf club asclaimed in claim 8, wherein said little supplementary upper segment notcovered with cotton yarn is integrated into said low segment to form onesegment cut out.
 11. A grip of golf club as claimed in claim 9, whereinsaid little supplementary upper segment not covered with cotton yarn isintegrated into said low segment to form one segment cut out.